One of our group had a tiger shark latch on to his board today.

Ben Tardew has moved from WA to the Goldy. So beware off Currumbin.
Shark bit into fin and rear of board. ben beat it off and rafted up with another paddler Andy kerr till it left them alone.
From all reports a scary time....

petedorries said..
One of our group had a tiger shark latch on to his board today.

Ben Tardew has moved from WA to the Goldy. So beware off Currumbin.
Shark bit into fin and rear of board. ben beat it off and rafted up with another paddler Andy kerr till it left them alone.
From all reports a scary time....

Leave Perth and that's what you get have all our sharks headed up your way it's being a bit quite here for a Day or so

Yep scary stuff. We went from Snapper to Nobby's. I was a fair way behind the guys by the time they reached Currumbin, so didn't see it myself, but very happy a couple of the boys waited for me to catch up once they fought it off so I wasn't behind on my own for the last 8km. Glad I was with a group today, but don't think I'll be doing another solo run for a little while.

Gotta keep it in perspective.

How many people in the water?

How many sharks?

How long since last person was interfered with by a shark at this beach?

What are the odds?

KEEP CALM AND KEEP SURFING.

Team up.....isnt that called a smorgasboard

I guess it gives you more motivation to try and keep pace with the pack

two winners here. ben manages to drive off a very aggro shark- scary stuff if your the one beating off a one in a million shark attack


husq gets a chance to piss a lot of people off--again



cheers

CMC said..
Ben just told me the story... He is now the safest guy in QLD.. The odds must be extremely low to have that kind of experience twice.

Sorry but he has exactly the same odds as you when in the water.

laceys lane said..
two winners here. ben manages to drive off a very aggro shark- scary stuff if your the one beating off a one in a million shark attack


husq gets a chance to piss a lot of people off--again



cheers

well at least they know Im not full of ****….

Manoman did not say ANYTHING negative towards Pete's first post or any of the others, just gave a little different perspective to the event. Yet in true SB fashion someone took to red thumbing which is just SOFT!

Now the circle jerk gang is thumbing away which is EXACTLY to be expected.

hilly said..

CMC said..
Ben just told me the story... He is now the safest guy in QLD.. The odds must be extremely low to have that kind of experience twice.

Sorry but he has exactly the same odds as you when in the water.

odds yes, statistics no. Thats the beauty of Maths, it can be manipulated to suit any outcome. If I was in His shoes, id be telling myself It couldn't possibly happen again

Hey folks,
I am the lucky / unlucky paddler.
It happened off currumbin on a pretty wide line, I saw the shark swim past and thought cool shark, then a few seconds later he bit or rammed my fin and I managed to land on my board. Then I turned around to see him coming again so I just splashed the top of the water, after a few more approaches I started stabbing it with my blade, it was like hitting a rock!! I was impressed with the strength of my fanatic paddle I did manage to break the handle off but just re glued it. This went on for about 5-10 minutes, it must of charged me 20 times and I hit it really hard about 10 times, it never latched onto my board, then Andrew Kerr was coming past out wide and I yelled out to him, he and Karla came straight to me as fast as they could and Andrew rafted up next to me then it just tailed us for a while longer and finally left us! I'm stoked I was with a group and they charged in without considering there safety. Thanks for all the concern from the sup community, have had a few visits and calls today. Board is fixed and ready to go. Sat is looking good lets get 50 people together and go for it hopefully that's the last time I have to tell the story!!!!
Ben
P.s i dunno what type of shark it was, but was thinking it was a bull from how insane it was

at any point did you have visions of Roy Scheider looking back at you saying I think we need a bigger boat!

Seriously thats a bloody good effort to remain calm and do what you did.

ManoMan said..
Gotta keep it in perspective.

How many people in the water?

How many sharks?

How long since last person was interfered with by a shark at this beach?

What are the odds?

KEEP CALM AND KEEP SURFING.

Good point. Lot's of potential dangers at Currumbin with the boats crossing the bar and the sheer number of people in the water but sharks are waaay down the list.

jbshack said..
Perfect opportunity for a Surfsafe electronic shark deterrent

I was thinking on a Sup you'd be safe

jbshack said..
Perfect opportunity for a Surfsafe electronic shark deterrent

I was thinking on a Sup you'd be safe

Surfsafe electronic shark deterrent..........where do you buy such a thing .............I need a box full for my boys. ..........love mummy Tardrew

toadpaddling said..

jbshack said..
Perfect opportunity for a Surfsafe electronic shark deterrent

I was thinking on a Sup you'd be safe

jbshack said..
Perfect opportunity for a Surfsafe electronic shark deterrent

I was thinking on a Sup you'd be safe

Surfsafe electronic shark deterrent..........where do you buy such a thing .............I need a box full for my boys. ..........love mummy Tardrew

They are a sponsor in the SB room but Dave is a member on these forums (Katana). Check out his page www.surfsafe.com.au or even just check it out in the SB room. Heaps of stuff there.

I was chatting with Dave yesterday and he said he has had a bit of interest from Gold coast so he may be able to point you to someone who is fitting them or looking to

Maxeeboy said..
The idea of wearing a divers knife in a pouch strapped to your leg on ocean DWers makes sense, you never know.
Be great if you could transfer it to the end of your paddle if need be

Arrrrrr that's the Pirate in you (Perth Joke ) sorry